My Organization System: the Supplies

I've been riding the Groupon/Living Social pony for about 18 months now so I had already purchased a small plastic coupon wallet that fits into my (admittedly giant) purse to keep these with me at all times.  I got it a Staples for about $8 and although it makes me feel like a Depression-era housewife, its been a real help.  It has a bunch of dividers and sticky labels to make keeping it in order a cinch.

Now that coupons have entered my life, I've adapted the existing categories in the organizer to also include coupons.  I also keep those pesky store punch cards, loyalty cards and assorted other junk here.  A month in, I'm already considering upgrading to a binder with baseball card plastic organizer sheets inside but my back and shoulders are not quite ready to commit yet.  For now, the coupon wallet is where its at!

Some of the categories I use currently are: 

• Auto
• Beauty
• Cleaning
• Clothing and Gifts
• Entertainment
• Groceries
• Health (primarily dental and medications)
• Home (miscellaneous things like batteries, air freshners)
• Husband (for manly related things and products)
• Pets
• Restaurants (mostly Groupons live here, but since I got an Entertainment Book, there are some coupon siblings crashing here too)

I also purchased a small scale paper slicing tool from Michaels to make cutting coupons faster and easier.  It cost about $40 but I used a 40% off coupon (which seem to run every week) and an additional 25% coupon to get it for less than half price. A decent pair of scissors of course also does the trick.

I also use some basic white office envelopes for organizing my weekly shopping trip.

Thats about all you need for supplies.  Now you are ready to start clipping and collecting!